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 Muscidae ID => Helina evecta/annosa
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| tristram |
Posted on 05-12-2011 01:05
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2009-11-05. I think this is a male Helina evecta. Am I correct? tristram attached the following image:  [176.15Kb] Edited by tristram on 05-12-2011 12:55 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 05-12-2011 10:46
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
It looks just right to me, but H. annosa is only distinguished from it in the key by the bristles below the hind femur, which we can't see here. A good lateral view might settle it.
Edited by Stephen R on 05-12-2011 10:47 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 05-12-2011 12:21
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Unfortunately this was the only photo I got of this fly. The NBN Gateway data (http://www.dipter...0000005368 and http://www.dipter...0000030832) does suggest that evecta is much more common than annosa in the UK, so I will put it down as Helina cf evecta. Thankyou Stephen. Edited by tristram on 05-12-2011 12:22 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 05-12-2011 14:32
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
It's true that I see lots of evecta just like this here in Lancashire but I've never found annosa. |
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